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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 13-5677691

Ellis L Phillips Foundation

A private foundation in Waltham, MA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 9 grants and $251,800 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Jun 30, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $251,800

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $4,642,674

  • Tax year 2023

    $235,250

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $4,312,114

  • Tax year 2022

    $125,025

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $4,222,191

  • Tax year 2021

    $215,702

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $4,030,423

  • Tax year 2020

    $208,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $5,068,340

  • Tax year 2019

    $432,705

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $4,234,739

  • Tax year 2018

    $140,000

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $4,057,531

Grants paid in 2024

9 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Co-Counsel SijsNew York, NY

    Human services

    $50,000
  2. Art Yard BrooklynWaltham, MA

    Art

    $45,200
  3. Ulster County SPCAKingston, NY

    Human services

    $35,000
  4. Urban Growers CollectiveChicago, IL

    Environmental education

    $25,000
  5. Ulster Immigrant Defense NetworkKingston, NY

    Human services

    $21,600
  6. Hildebrand Family Self-Help CenterCambridge, MA

    Human services

    $20,000
  7. Little Schoolhouse ChildcareBrunswick, ME

    Education

    $20,000
  8. Making Music MattersWest Roxbury, MA

    Music

    $20,000
  9. Bunker Hill Monument AssociationCharlestown, MA

    Music

    $15,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Animals1 grant $35,00030% of the total
  2. Food and agriculture1 grant $25,00021% of the total
  3. Human services1 grant $21,60019% of the total
  4. Health1 grant $20,00017% of the total
  5. Public affairs1 grant $15,00013% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York3 grants $106,600
  2. Massachusetts4 grants $100,200
  3. Illinois1 grant $25,000
  4. Maine1 grant $20,000

Officers, directors and trustees

9 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Hardy G WattsPRESIDENT Hours 10Pay $36,195
  • Cynthia PhillipsTREASURER Hours 5Pay $0
  • Kathryn Noel PhillipsVICE PRESIDE Hours 5Pay $0
  • Nicholas ZimmermannDIRECTOR Hours 5Pay $0
  • Spencer BlasdaleDIRECTOR Hours 5Pay $0
  • Paula EdgarDIRECTOR Hours 5Pay $0
  • Andrew P ParsegianDIRECTOR Hours 5Pay $0
  • Martin ZimmermannDIRECTOR Hours 5Pay $0
  • Sarah ProsserDIRECTOR Hours 5Pay $0

The return

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